Blood Ice

Separated

TW. Slight cursing.

As Red watched the cave entrance from an overhang in the cave, Black Ice slept Above the entrance of the cave. For a while, everything was safe. Then he heard the growl of a dragon. 

Red jumped into action, flying to wake up black Ice. "We need to move," he whispered. 

"What why?" Black Ice whispered back.

"This is a dragon's den." Red helped Black Ice stand, but it was too late. The dragon had seen them. 

"Teleport!" Black Ice yelled. 

"Its not my magic!" 

"Just do it!"

"But my host-" Black Ice smacked him.

"Look me in the eyes, if you don't teleport us we're doomed."

"If it goes wrong we could be separated, or killed." 

"If you dont at least one of us is dying."

"Fine." The dragon was left alone.

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Black Ice woke up in some forest, not frozen like her home. She looked herself over, finding no new wounds.

"You did it!" She laughed a bit.

"Red?" He didn't answer.

"Red?!" Still, no answer. She was alone, in the middle of who knows where. The factory was still after her, and she didn't know where to go. "Great." She muttered under her breath.  

Black Ice stood up, she needed shelter. Had to hide so the factory couldn't find her, if they came near. She started walking, "hopefully this will lead somewhere," she thought. 

As Black Ice walked, she heard voices and the clanging of armor? Soon enough the source of the noise came into view. They were guards clad in black armor, that almost seemed alive. The emblem of a rose on each of their chest plates.

"Excuse us ma'am," one of the guards said. He didn't seem hostile.

"Yes?" Black Ice asked.

"Have you seen this man?" The guard held up a picture of Red Shadow. 

"No." She said, a bit surprised her new friend was being hunted by the shadow rose empire. They were a kingdom but, their size and strength could take down most larger kingdoms.

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Red awoke in some forest, after checking himself over and finding he was fine he called out for Black Ice. When he got no answer, he stood up and started walking. Where he hoped he would eventually meet his friend. He was alone, being hunted by the shadow rose kingdom and lost. 

After what seemed like hours of walking he heard the clanging of armor. "Shit" he muttered under his breath, panicking he flew up a tree. Soon enough they passed him. He stayed there a few hours, then jumped down to continue his aimless walk. Some hours passed, and he saw a familiar form.

 "Black Ice?!" He called out. The figure turned towards him. That wasn't his friend. That was a shifter, a creature that took others forms after seeing them in someone's thoughts. 

"Red?" The thing said, shambling forward. It sounded like her, only it didn't. Its voice was broken, just slightly off. It didn't walk with the same confidence either, it moved like a toddler. Almost like it had never walked on two legs before. 

Red teleported his dagger to him, lunging at the sick beast. It attempted to dodge his attack but it couldn't. It stumbled backwards, and Red ran his dagger through its heart. It fell dead, and more of them appeared around him.

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Black Ice was no better off. A creature that looked like Red crawled towards her, this forest wasn't a place you wanted to be at night. She changed into a wolf, running at the thing. When it tried to run and fell she ripped its neck open. Spitting out the blood, and changing to her proper form. More of the sick things crawled from the trees.

"I'm Red."

"Black Ice." 

"Kill me!"

"When I'm better I'll hunt us a dragon."  The creatures mimicked Reds words.

Black Ice Grabbed her scythe, preparing for a fight.

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Red had switched to a sword, jumping back as one of the things lunged at him. He cut off its head. Running his sword through another one's heart, he kicked one of them as it ran towards him. 

"You'd think with so many of you, you could win." After killing about 10 of them, he decided to burn them. Creating a circle of fire around himself, and cutting at anything that tried to get past it. Soon enough there was a pile of bodies, burnt or cut lying around him. He laughed, as the others decided to retreat.

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"You guys are annoying." Black ice said, as she swung her scythe cutting two of their heads off, she jumped back as one lunged at her attempting to bite her leg. She jumped on that one's head, she sighed. These things were tiring. She didn't feel like fighting them all night, so she created a cocoon like structure out of her ice. It didn't quite freeze her but kept the shifters at bay. She fell asleep.

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Red decided to sleep as well, much like what Black ice had done he created fierce walls of his fire, being careful not to let them burn the forest. As he slept the sun opened its eye, bathing the forest in its light.

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Black Ice saw smoke coming from somewhere in the forest, it wasn't too far away. And with no other way to find her friend she decided to go towards it. After an hour or so of walking she came across the source, a ring of fire with a demon sleeping in it. 

"Red?!" She yelled, cautiously stepping closer. The demon in the fire sat up.

"Icey?" The demon asked.

"That's me." She said hiding the excitement in her voice.

"Icey! I missed you," Red said exited.

"You had to deal with those shifters too?" She asked him, trying to act like she didn't care.

"Yep, seems like their territory," he said laughing a bit.

"We better start moving if we wanna get out of here before nightfall." Black ice said. 

The two had already walked for a few hours, Black Ice trying to find a way to ask. Deciding it's best to just do it.

"Why is the Shadow rose empire after you?" 

"Kingdom, and because I'm in their kings body. Who knew that'd piss them off so much?" 

"Oh, that makes sense."

"What's with the whole factory thing?" 

"Long story." The two eventually came upon a town. 

"Maybe they have a hotel, and food!" Red said. Neither of them had eaten in a few days. As they walked into the town they noticed they were being stared at. It was a light angel town, and not only were they demons but both had some ties to the night.